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The story is a satire on big business and politics disguised into a cleverly woven and wildly funny detective story. The main protagonist- a lunatic and petty criminal - turns out to be much more sane ...Read full review

About the author (2001)

Eduardo Mendoza was born in 1943 in Barcelona. He spent some years in New York where he worked at the United Nations as an interpreter. He is widely considered to be one of the most important contemporary Spanish novelists and has won many prizes internationally.